There is only one way to stop a string of brutal killings: to find the key to enter the monstrous mind of the person who conceived them, a ruthless serial killer locked away in prison. Although he has been behind bars for a long time, and in isolation, this criminal remains capable of laying down the law. Two investigators with very different approaches, yet the same unwavering determination, join forces to solve the killer’s puzzles and thus try to prevent new atrocities; to do this, however, they are forced to engage with him. Nocturne is the new crime series with an exceptional cast – Stephen Graham, Liev Schreiber, Zazie Beetz – produced by Apple TV, where the adrenaline of the psychological chess match and the race against time that follows is palpable; if you’ve already watched it and were impressed, here are other titles that could be right for you.
Nocturne: Here Are Similar TV Series We Recommend
- Black Bird
- Mindhunter
- Criminal Record
Black Bird
A former football phenom, Jimmy Keene, is sentenced to ten years in prison for illegal possession of firearms; then, however, the FBI offers him an unexpected proposal: he will be granted immediate release if he agrees to be transferred to a prison for mentally unstable criminals. The convict accepts, and so begins his odyssey inside a hostile environment, with the aim of becoming friends with Larry Hall, the alleged serial killer, so that Hall will confide where he buried his victims’ bodies. Black Bird is a 2022 miniseries that shares with Nocturne that tense, ambiguous dynamic between the protagonists. Just 6 episodes, available on Apple TV.
Mindhunter
In the late 1970s, two FBI agents, Holden Ford and Bill Tench, decide to team up with a psychologist, Wendy Carr, to accomplish an epic undertaking: lay the foundations of criminal profiling. To achieve the ambitious goal, the trio dedicate themselves to interviewing the most ruthless serial killers already behind bars, in order to understand what unites their minds; along this path, they will craft the perfect profile of the killer. Mindhunter is the acclaimed 2017 series where, like in Nocturne, the violence is not found in gore but in the dialogue and in the silences. Two seasons and 19 episodes, available on Netflix.
Criminal Record
A anonymous phone call shuffles everything on the table, reopening a homicide case long since closed. But while a young inspector, June Lenker, is determined to pursue this new lead and leave nothing to chance, an older detective, Daniel Hegarty, stubbornly defends the official truth and, at the same time, his credibility; inevitably, when they begin to collaborate, a hard-fought standoff ensues. Criminal Record is a 2024 TV series that shares with Nocturne not only the gloom of the cinematography but also the concept of the fragility of the boundary between those who enforce the law and those who break it. Two seasons and 16 episodes available on Apple TV.
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